Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

 Prompt Response: Right now, success for me is seeing results. This applies anywhere -- whether that be at the gym, with my grades, and cleaning at home. I feel I can only be successful when I see what my hard work has brought out and come to. 

Summary: Today we did a connections assignment, and another assignment.

Reflection: Today I learned what connections I had with the book. 

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